Nagari
Americannoun
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a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
noun
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a set of scripts, including Devanagari, used as the writing systems for several languages of India
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another word for Devanagari
Example Sentences
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The woman has been named as Batsheva Nagari.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2023
By Annie Ker IN the old days there lived two lizards, Webubu and Nagari.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by Patten, William
Webubu was plain of speech, and moreover was unable to cry aloud, but Nagari, by stretching his long neck, could produce a sweet low sound, somewhat after the manner of a whistle.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 1 by Patten, William
The Hindi alphabet Deva Nagari, “the writing of the gods,” is commonly called Nagari.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
The usual character employed for writing Bihari is that known as Kaithī, a cursive form of the well-known Nagari character of Upper India.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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